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Barack Obama: a life in pictures

His mother, Ann Dunham, hailed from Wichita, Kansas
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His parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced
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His father, Barack Obama, Sr, came from Nyangoma-Kogelo, Kenya
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His mother remarried, and the family moved to Indonesia in 1967
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His mother remarried, and the family moved to Indonesia in 1967 Picture: AP

Barack Obama attended schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old
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Barack returned to Hawaii with his grandparents
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A photograph taken in 1987 of Barack Obama and his grandmother Sarah Hussein Obama hangs in her home in the village of Nyagoma-Kogelo, western Kenya
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He studied at Columbia University in New York, where he majored in political science Picture: AP

He then studied law at Harvard, and graduated in 1991
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After Harvard Law School, Obama returned to Chicago, joined a small civil rights firm, ran a voter registration drive, and lectured on constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School
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He married Michelle Robinson in October 1992
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Their daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha, were born in 1998 and 2001,Picture: AP

He delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Picture: REUTERS

He entered the US Senate on January 4 2005, Picture: REUTERS

He announced his intention to run for the 2008 in February 2007. After a lengthy battle with Hillary Clinton, he seized the Democratic nomination in June 2008
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He formally accepted his party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on August 23,Picture: AP

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